It puts in place the beginnings of a network to track and trace people through the pandemic. FMTNews Britain
A driver is tested for Covid-19 at Chessington Theme Park in London in March.
After weeks of being criticised for moving too slowly on testing for the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Matt Hancock set the target of 100,000 tests a day by the end of April, increasing the number of drive-through testing sites and sending out home tests to a wider number of eligible people. “I don’t have the figures yet, they’ll be published later today. But it looks like we’ll either meet the target or come close so we will have very significantly increased the amount of testing in this country,” he told BBC TV.
Johnson and his government have been criticised not only for not quickly stepping up testing but also for moving slowly on a lockdown and for a lack of protective equipment for health workers.
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